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Re: [usability bug] git branch -a does not disambiguate remote and local branches

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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@volumehost.net>
Date
Dec 15, 2008, 19:21 UTC
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On Monday 2008 December 15 13:09:16 Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>IMHO it is better to be nice to the many users who do not try to shoot
>themselves in the foot, by showing them the nice short names that will
>work.

It should be possible to support both. Short names when they are unique, longer names when the short names are ambiguous.

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Message 4 of 6 in “[usability bug] git branch -a does not disambiguate remote and local branches”
  1. Constantine PlotnikovDec 15, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 15, 2008
  3. Constantine PlotnikovDec 15, 2008
  4. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 15, 2008
  5. Lars HjemliDec 15, 2008
  6. Björn SteinbrinkDec 16, 2008

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